Visas: Documentation of Non-immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: E7-25417
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: December 31, 2007
• Effective: January 1, 2008
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

This rule amends 22 CFR Part 41 in order to reflect increased security measures requiring fingerprinting and name checks of all visa applicants, with certain narrow exceptions, and to be consistent with an amendment to the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services including the cost of such checks in fees for non-immigrant and immigrant visas and border crossing cards.

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